Peter Lee [09-06-23 11.36] :

> And following on from that - as long as the current user is a member of
> the group which has rw access then it should work ok?

yes

see :
-rw-rw---- 1 firebird firebird 716800 31 jul 2008 coll1.fdb

isql ./tempo/firebird_db/coll1.fdb
Database: ./tempo/firebird_db/coll1.fdb
SQL> show version;
ISQL Version: UI-V2.1.2.18118 Firebird 2.1
Server version:
Firebird/Darwin/Intel (access method), version "UI-V2.1.2.18118 Firebird 2.1"
on disk structure version 11.1

of course I'm a memeber of firebird group :
dscl . -read /Groups/firebird
AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default
GeneratedUID: AC7325C2-5D45-406A-B01F-08D9942E47AE
GroupMembership: philippe